Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Snow squalls and blowing snow continue.

What:
Near zero visibility in snow and blowing snow.
Additional local snowfall amounts of 30 to 70 cm.

When:
Continuing through Wednesday, and possibly into Thursday for some areas.

Additional information:
Widespread blowing snow resulting in near zero visibility remains the primary concern today due to northwesterly winds gusting 50 to 70 km/h. Winds will ease this evening, however, snow squalls are expected to become stationary tonight, bringing the potential for significant accumulating snow.

For road conditions and other traveller information from the Ministry of Transportation, visit https://www.ontario.ca/511, https://www.twitter.com/511Ontario, or call 5-1-1.

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Travel will be extremely hazardous. Roads and walkways will be very difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow. Road closures are possible.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #ONStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.